• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4499

Condliffe, Colleen Mary

  • Occupation Community stalwart, Farmer, Local government councillor

Summary

Colleen Condliffe runs a farm with her husband at Salisbury West, in central Victoria. She was a regional winner of the ABC Rural Woman of the Year award in 1997. In 2009 she was honoured with inclusion on the Victorian honour roll for women.

Colleen has an impressive record of community involvement. She has contributed to the development committee for the Breakfast in Schools Program, is a member of the Country Women’s Association and has joined numerous farming bodies including Victorian Farmers Federation. She was the first woman elected to Loddon Shire Council, serving for nine years on a diverse range of committees. She formed the Landcare group at Salisbury West and organised the 1997 Women on Farms Gathering at Bendigo. In 2002 she represented Australia at the third World Congress for Rural Women, held in Spain.

In her local community, she is well known for her role in establishing Australia Help, an organisation that delivers assistance, particularly food, to families in need.

Events

  • 1997
  • 2009

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Published resources

Related entries


  • Member
    • The Country Women's Association of Victoria Inc. (1928 - )
  • Related Organisations
    • Women on Farms Gatherings (1990 - )
    • Australian Women in Agriculture Movement (1990 - )